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Balochistan's agony deepens as another youth goes missing under Pakistani
Updated : 5 months ago IST
In yet another chilling reminder of Pakistan's continued repression in Balochistan, a young man named Ashfaq Mushtaq has reportedly been abducted by Pakistani forces, the latest victim in a long series of enforced disappearances haunting the region.
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Disappearances persist in Balochistan as families continue their search fo
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The cases of enforced disappearances in Balochistan continue to rise, with two new incidents reported this week amid ongoing demonstrations and awareness drives by families seeking the safe return of their missing relatives, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Pakistan's disappearing Baloch: Another youth abducted as enforced disappe
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The ongoing sit-in organised by the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) reached its 5,962nd day outside the Quetta Press Club on Tuesday, coinciding with a new report of enforced disappearance involving a young man, Saqib Ahmed Buzdar, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Pakistan's war on its own people: Four disappeared men found executed in B
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The discovery of four bodies across Balochistan this week has reignited outrage over the ongoing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in the province. Families and rights groups have blamed Pakistani security forces and state-backed militias for what they describe as s
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Pakistan: 113 enforced disappearance cases disposed of in September
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Pakistan's Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances disposed of 113 cases in September, with 14 people returning home, Dawn reported. Since 2011, it has received 10,636 cases, resolving 84 per cent. Civil society, UN and the Supreme Court have urged stronger action to end enforced di
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Islamabad universities accused of targeting Baloch students
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Baloch students at QAU in Islamabad are staging a sit-in demanding the recovery of two missing students, Saeed and Feroz Baloch, and an end to racial profiling. Supported by Pashtun students, they say enforced disappearances and harassment of Baloch students are widespread across Pakistani u
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Pakistan becoming "rogue state" with alarming enforced disappearance, says
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The event, titled "Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan: Amplifying Voices, Demanding Justice, Calling for Global Action", was convened by the Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy.
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Calls for accountability over enforced disappearances in Pakistan grow at
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Political activists from Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) raised alarm over the scale of human rights violations, describing Pakistan as one of the leading states in the region for enforced disappearances and extrajudicial abuses.
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Geneva: Baloch journalist exposes Pakistan's brutality: disappearances, ce
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Baloch journalist Bilal Baloch told ANI at the UNHRC that Pakistan's control in Balochistan is collapsing, with daily attacks on military, enforced disappearances, media blackouts, and protests by families of missing persons. He accused Islamabad of "Punjabi hegemony" and vowed Baloch identi
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Awami League holds protest in Geneva against Yunus govt in Bangladesh
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Protesters accused the government of involvement in killings, rapes, enforced disappearances, arson, and registration of false cases. They carried banners demanding the resignation of Muhammad Yunus and calling for the revocation of his Nobel Peace Prize.
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Enforced disappearances continue in Balochistan amid ongoing military raid
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In one recent incident, The Balochistan Post stated that security personnel conducted a late-night raid on September 27 in the Konchati area of Dasht, Kech district. During the operation, two men Altaf, son of Habtain, and Gulab, son of Ayub Baloch were taken into custody and have not been s
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Baloch families condemn Pakistan's ongoing campaign of enforced disappeara
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
These cases highlight the persistence of the unresolved crisis of abductions in the province, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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